Real economics needs to reflect real decisions: A response to Johnson

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-136

  Sculpher, Mark ^a   Claxton, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Decision making.

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY;

ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH; HUMANS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84855884826     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11596660-000000000-00000     Document Type: Note

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